(1-0 Tranmere Rovers)| 12¹ | A neatly crafted cross from JONES was slammed goalbound by BURROWS only for the Hartlepool United 'keeper to block. |
| 14¹ | NDJOLI booked for dangerous play. |
| 31¹ | FRAN BELTRÁN dummied BURROWS but hit the ball into the arms of MIGNOLET. |
| 32¹ | A header by BAILEY at the far post was comfortably collected by STRAKOSHA. |
| 35¹ | EVERTON made space on the right and dragged the ball to BERGHUIS who fired the ball wide. |
| 39¹ | KING ran onto a delightful ball from PARTEY but fired his shot wide of the righthand post. |
| 40¹ | FREESTONE cautions NEUHAUS. |
| 3² | PARTEY shot wide. |
| 8² | BORJA SAINZ booked for a bad tackle. |
| 13² | The 'keeper saved a refined strike from UMTITI. |
| 21² | GOAL!! A mishit clearance fell to BERGHUIS who sliced a shot goalward, luckily BORJA SAINZ was on hand to fire the ball in off the post. (1-1)| 24² | A great effort from UMTITI scraped the woodwork. | | 26² | A corner fell to KING who fired the ball just beyond the near post. | | 28² | A great strike from BORJA SAINZ was dealt with by a good block from MIGNOLET. | | 33² | A mix up in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled RAFAEL BRITO to hammer the ball wide. | | 34² | The stunned STRAKOSHA was all agog as a backpass from NEUHAUS dropped just wide. | | 35² | EVERTON's header was well saved by the 'keeper. | | 36² | A poor shot from BURROWS bounced agonisingly wide. | | 43² | BURROWS headed wide. | | 44² | GOAL!! A strike from FRAN BELTRÁN which MIGNOLET was able to palm clear was deemed over the line and the ref gave the goal. (2-1 Hartlepool United) | |